Global dimming

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Global dimming - gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface; approx. 4% reduction over 1960–1990; caused by an increase in atmospheric particulates (e.g. sulfate aerosols) due to human action. Article “Global dimming” in Simple English Wikipedia has 9.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 1 references and 3 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.49 points.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Global dimming”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1221 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 3 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2952 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #381 in June 2012
• Global: #2985 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #14720 in June 2014
• Global: #1416 in January 2014

There are 33 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Global dimming		98.1588
2	Russian (ru) Глобальное затемнение		82.6528
3	Chinese (zh) 全球黯化		77.2742
4	Catalan (ca) Enfosquiment global		64.1917
5	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		53.6128
6	Norwegian (no) Global dimming		51.7194
7	Portuguese (pt) Escurecimento global		51.3676
8	Arabic (ar) إعتام عالمي		41.9137
9	Romanian (ro) Întunecare globală		41.2005
10	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		40.5834

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global dimming		4 215 369
2	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		519 475
3	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		174 228
4	Portuguese (pt) Escurecimento global		142 270
5	French (fr) Assombrissement global		100 228
6	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		94 691
7	Russian (ru) Глобальное затемнение		91 606
8	Italian (it) Oscuramento globale		83 125
9	Japanese (ja) 地球薄暮化		71 743
10	Chinese (zh) 全球黯化		65 208

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global dimming		2 054
2	French (fr) Assombrissement global		299
3	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		249
4	Chinese (zh) 全球黯化		206
5	Russian (ru) Глобальное затемнение		188
6	Italian (it) Oscuramento globale		185
7	Japanese (ja) 地球薄暮化		116
8	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		107
9	Portuguese (pt) Escurecimento global		77
10	Dutch (nl) Global dimming		71

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Global dimming		368
2	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		130
3	French (fr) Assombrissement global		96
4	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		77
5	Dutch (nl) Global dimming		70
6	Italian (it) Oscuramento globale		65
7	Hebrew (he) עמעום עולמי		37
8	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		34
9	Russian (ru) Глобальное затемнение		30
10	Galician (gl) Escurecemento global		29

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Catalan (ca) Enfosquiment global		1
2	Basque (eu) Iluntze global		1
3	French (fr) Assombrissement global		1
4	Norwegian (no) Global dimming		1
5	Arabic (ar) إعتام عالمي		0
6	Belarusian (be) Глабальнае зацьменне		0
7	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		0
8	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		0
9	Greek (el) Πλανητική σκίαση		0
10	English (en) Global dimming		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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